Alternative Fuel Fantasies

It seems that despite the fact that we live in the world of today, we have a leader in the White House who insists on emphasizing yesterday and tomorrow. Our President says that we can't invest in the fuels of yesterday but need to invest in the alternatives of tomorrow. This makes perfect sense because we paying the today's national debt with tomorrow's money and still haven't even paid yesterday's bills. Just what is wrong with facing today's reality? We're caught in some futuristic Star Trek episode donning our Klingon outfits to escape the real fact that not doing anything yesterday makes today suck and tomorrow don't look much better.

Two percent. Since the Department of Energy was created in 1977 to get us off of oil, we've cut our reliance on it by two percent. Thirty-four years later, Obama gives a speech to pacify Americans looking to some far off unrealistic future where we will resemble Holland with the dearth of wind mills to power us into the 22nd century. Well, Mr. President, thanks for the glimpse into the future but oil still rules the day and dreaming about tomorrow doesn't do a thing today for our economy. If I hear one more time about how green jobs are the wave of the future...

All along we were told the it was Bush/Cheney driving up oil prices but now that they're gone, the new boogey man is the evil speculator. Why don't liberals just man up and admit that the drive to kill domestic oil production is really behind it all. World conditions would not matter if we could supply our own oil (and we can) and then we could afford time to find alternatives. Instead this two percent of alternative fuels in use today is treated like the holy grail of future energy. In like manner, it is always that two percent that opposes public prayer that ruins it for everyone.

This all makes as much sense as Obama pushing healthier foods in a time of food inflation. What kind of food will people buy? The cheapest which is not the healthiest for you. Who can afford solar panels? Who can afford a 40K electric car? We need a speech that will bring relief today and help Americans who are out of work, out of money and out of patience. We should put Obama out of a job.